run for fws

run for fws

Let's make 2015 the best year ever, and build on our massive success in previous years, with our city fun run teams raising much needed funds to support the mamas and children of Kesho Leo.

We will have a team leader in each city to keep up the fws team spirit. So if you are in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane and you would like to join an fws team – or just run on your own – here's all you need to do:

Register at the official site of your city's fun run and pay the required registration fees?

Then register here in the fun run or marathon of your choice - either as an individual or join an fws team.

share your page by email or Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and more, and get the word out to your family and friends on how to support your challenge. Your donors can leave a message and will be immedately receipted.

...oh and start training to get fit!

For those of you across the land, seas and skies who can’t make the physical commitment to join the team, we would love your support! You can send a message cheering them on and make make a tax deductible donation through the “Sponsor a friend” tab above. That'll help on the hills!

Our goal is to come together to build on the success of last year and raise $15,000 for foodwatershelter!

Raise more funds with less hassle - get started now!

run for fws

foodwatershelter works in developing countries to build eco-friendly, culturally appropriate villages orphaned children and children in need, and health, education and social welfare services for them and their communities, with a focus on empowering women. Read more

fws is a not-for-profit, non-denominational, non-governmental organisation that builds and manages eco-friendly villages with educational, social and health facilities for vulnerable women, their children and orphans in developing countries.

We do this by providing

nourishing meals to vulnerable women and children

access to clean water for vulnerable women and children and, where possible, the wider community

safe shelter for vulnerable women and children

access to health facilities (including AIDS care) for vulnerable women and children

environmental, health, business, social and educational programs that teach life skills to vulnerable women and children

weekend education programs for the wider community

all of the above with minimal impact on the local environment

fws aims to enhance the current and future lives of these women and children so that they are better able to contribute to their community and enjoy their lives.

Why we do it

Well…it’s like this: those involved with fws believe that while a person is on earth, they either get a dodge deal or a great deal. If you get a great deal, then it only seems fair that you help those who got the dodge deal.

When you’ve had the privilege of living and volunteering in a developing country, as each of us at fws have, you soon see how the smallest amount to us, in the western world (a night out, a new top, a movie), can make a drastic difference to someone in a developing country (food for a month, school fees, life-saving medicine).

Often those that need help don’t have the voice to ask for it and those who would love to give, don’t realise how valuable what they offer is, nor how easy it is to make a tangible difference.

You also observe how aid can be misdirected or mismanaged and how it can sometimes create dependencies and perpetuate the very need it aims to address.

It’s for these reasons that fws aims to create projects that are locally managed, eco-friendly and that leave the locals with improved living and vocation skills.

By using our creativity and forethought from the outset, we have managed to impart knowledge and skills in a way that ensures we are needed less as each project develops. This not only allows us to concentrate our services where they are most required, when they are most required, but also ensures we leave the locals a legacy – and that’s what we’re all about.

foodwatershelter works in developing countries to build eco-friendly, culturally appropriate villages orphaned children and children in need, and health, education and social welfare services for them and their communities, with a focus on empowering women. Read more

fws is a not-for-profit, non-denominational, non-governmental organisation that builds and manages eco-friendly villages with educational, social and health facilities for vulnerable women, their children and orphans in developing countries.

We do this by providing

nourishing meals to vulnerable women and children

access to clean water for vulnerable women and children and, where possible, the wider community

safe shelter for vulnerable women and children

access to health facilities (including AIDS care) for vulnerable women and children

environmental, health, business, social and educational programs that teach life skills to vulnerable women and children

weekend education programs for the wider community

all of the above with minimal impact on the local environment

fws aims to enhance the current and future lives of these women and children so that they are better able to contribute to their community and enjoy their lives.

Why we do it

Well…it’s like this: those involved with fws believe that while a person is on earth, they either get a dodge deal or a great deal. If you get a great deal, then it only seems fair that you help those who got the dodge deal.

When you’ve had the privilege of living and volunteering in a developing country, as each of us at fws have, you soon see how the smallest amount to us, in the western world (a night out, a new top, a movie), can make a drastic difference to someone in a developing country (food for a month, school fees, life-saving medicine).

Often those that need help don’t have the voice to ask for it and those who would love to give, don’t realise how valuable what they offer is, nor how easy it is to make a tangible difference.

You also observe how aid can be misdirected or mismanaged and how it can sometimes create dependencies and perpetuate the very need it aims to address.

It’s for these reasons that fws aims to create projects that are locally managed, eco-friendly and that leave the locals with improved living and vocation skills.

By using our creativity and forethought from the outset, we have managed to impart knowledge and skills in a way that ensures we are needed less as each project develops. This not only allows us to concentrate our services where they are most required, when they are most required, but also ensures we leave the locals a legacy – and that’s what we’re all about.